{"id":1237968,"date":"2026-02-27T03:38:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T03:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UNMixmMSNn85VBJuBm4P79"},"modified":"2026-02-27T03:38:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T03:38:58","slug":"fortnite-cheater-wins-6850-in-competitive-tournaments-gets-caught-now-owes-epic-175000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fortnite-cheater-wins-6850-in-competitive-tournaments-gets-caught-now-owes-epic-175000\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortnite cheater wins $6,850 in competitive tournaments, gets caught, now owes Epic $175,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Despite what we are told as children, cheaters do sometimes prosper\u2014fairly often, in fact. Every now and then, though, cheaters push their luck a little too far and their bad deeds come around to bite them in the ass. Such is the case of Sebastian Araujo, who won more than $6,800 in <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/fortnite\/\">Fortnite<\/a> tournaments after evading a ban, and now owes Epic $175,000 as a result.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling, provided to PC Gamer by Epic, says Araujo was banned from Fortnite on June 6, 2024, after he was busted using a direct memory access device in a Fortnite tournament in order to get around anti-cheat measures. Instead of mending his ways and returning to the light, however, Araujo created at least three &#8220;fake accounts&#8221; between June and October 2024, and used a hardware spoofer in order to keep playing.<\/p>\n<p>Over that four-month stretch, Araujo took part in at least 18 Fortnite tournaments, winning $6,850\u2014not big-league cash by any stretch, but a hell of a lot more money than I&#8217;ve ever made playing videogames. Unfortunately for Araujo, he also racked up 991 complaints of cheating during that same stretch, and Epic was paying attention.<\/p>\n<p>Epic filed a lawsuit against Araujo in December 2024, and this week the ruling came down: The defendant apparently ignored the whole thing and so Epic scored a default judgment of $168,550 for DMCA and Copyright Act violations, and another $6,971 in attorneys&#8217; fees. It wasn&#8217;t a total win, as Epic&#8217;s request for another $100,000 in statutory damages for copyright infringement was found to be excessive.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THIS JUST IN: The Judge ruled in our favor after the cheater ignored our lawsuit. The player is required to pay $175,000 and we\u2019ll donate what we collect to charity. They are also banned from playing Fortnite forever. https:\/\/t.co\/on0dYWBdq4<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/1937966876790751232\">June 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"see-more__filter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The one upside for Araujo is that he&#8217;s managed to avoid the public humiliation suffered by fellow Fortnite tourney cheater Morgan &#8216;RepulseGod&#8217; Bamford, who in February was forced to turn over his ill-gotten gains, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/epic-sues-fortnite-cheater-donates-his-winnings-to-charity-forces-him-to-publicly-apologise-bans-him-for-life-and-all-but-sends-him-to-his-room-without-dinner\/\">make a public apology for his bad behavior<\/a>, and promise to never, ever do it again.<\/p>\n<p>The downside, of course, is that he&#8217;s on the hook for 175 large. Whether humiliation or destitution is your thing, though, the message is the same: Epic takes this sort of thing seriously, and it will come after you.<\/p>\n<p>As for what Epic needs with $175K, which for the rest of us is essentially the equivalent of finding a nickel under the floor mat of your car, the simple answer is that it doesn&#8217;t: The damages will be donated to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.childsplaycharity.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Child&#8217;s Play<\/a>, a charity that donates toys and games to children&#8217;s hospitals around the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"feb3b3c8-be10-406c-a888-6aab85f6a5e4\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Sims 4 cheats\" data-dimension48=\"Sims 4 cheats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:585px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"PgJAWS8J5LmXaZJ4sj6QXd\" name=\"gta 5 cop\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fortnite-cheater-wins-6850-in-competitive-tournaments-gets-caught-now-owes-epic-175000.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"585\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-sims-4-cheats-remove-death-bestow-wealth-and-make-your-sims-as-happy-as-larry\/\" data-dimension112=\"feb3b3c8-be10-406c-a888-6aab85f6a5e4\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Sims 4 cheats\" data-dimension48=\"Sims 4 cheats\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>Sims 4 cheats<\/strong><\/a>: Life hacks<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gta-5-cheats\/\"><strong>GTA 5 cheats<\/strong><\/a>: Phone it in<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/life-sim\/stardew-valley-cheats-every-cheat-code-you-need-no-mods-required\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Stardew Valley cheats<\/strong><\/a>: Farm faster<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/minecraft-commands-and-cheats-every-player-should-know\/\"><strong>Minecraft commands<\/strong><\/a>: Unblocked<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/fallout-4-cheats-and-console-commands-can-turn-you-into-a-superhero\/\"><strong>Fallout 4 cheats<\/strong><\/a>: Nuclear codes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/battle-royale\/fortnite-cheater-wins-usd6-850-in-competitive-tournaments-gets-caught-now-owes-epic-usd175-000\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite what we are told as children, cheaters do sometimes prosper\u2014fairly often, in fact. Every now and then, though, cheaters push their luck a little too far and their bad deeds come around to bite them in the ass. Such is the case of Sebastian Araujo, who won more than $6,800 in Fortnite tournaments after evading a ban, and now owes Epic $175,000 as a result. The ruling, provided to PC Gamer by Epic, says Araujo was banned from Fortnite on June 6, 2024, after he was busted using a direct memory access device in a Fortnite tournament in order to get around anti-cheat measures. Instead of mending his ways and returning to the light, however, Araujo created at least three &#8220;fake accounts&#8221; between June&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fortnite-cheater-wins-6850-in-competitive-tournaments-gets-caught-now-owes-epic-175000\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1237969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[103,748],"class_list":["post-1237968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-battle-royale","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fortnite cheater wins $6,850 in competitive tournaments, gets caught, now owes Epic $175,000 | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Despite what we are told as children, cheaters do sometimes prosper\u2014fairly often, in fact. 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